Examples of discoveryclass science in BES

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Examples of discovery-class science in BES

• What are the fundamental phases of matter (no
  longer just solid, liquid, and gas, but also
  liquid crystals many phases, plasmas, BEC,
  superfluidity, superconductivity,
  ferromagnetic/paramagetic materials, and more)
  can we understand, model, predict, and harness
  phase transitions and what are the implications
  for other fields of science?
• Why does the quasiparticle construct the
  standard model of condensed matter physics
  fail for large classes of materials, and what is
  beyond the standard model?
• What is the nature of the chemical bond
  (revisited)? How do the strong and weak
  interatomic forces, acting in concert, guide
  reactivity and molecular rearrangements/folding?
• How do electrons, atoms, molecules, cells, and
  organisms naturally communicate between and among
  one another, and over what distances do
  communications occur? Can we predict how
  communication affects the evolution of things on
  all scales? Can we harness the properties of
  elementary particles, atoms, and molecules to
  create fundamentally new ways to store,
  manipulate, and transmit information?
• Are there as-yet-undiscovered organizing
  principles at the nanoscopic and mesoscopic
  scales, intermediate between atomic and
  macroscopic dimensions?
• To what extent are reductionist approaches to
  phenomena limited, and where limits exist, what
  is to be done? Can we predict and control
  emergent properties?
• What are the molecular origins of the evolution
  of life? Can this understanding guide future
  synthesis paths and functional synthetic
  diversity?

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What is Frog-ness?